Chapter Summaries

Hancock used the Ghost Qi of the Heavenly Thorn Spear and Heavenly Moon Shield to fight Saint Saturn, while Tom, Jerry, and Spike repeatedly revived after he killed them. She left Saint Saturn gravely wounded and lying in a crater, but the chapter did not confirm whether he was dead.

• Saint Saturn repeatedly smashed Tom Cat, Jerry, and Spike into pulp, but they revived each time and escaped after he swallowed them.
• Spike and Jerry told Hancock to attack while they dealt with Saint Saturn, and Hancock donned Ghost Qi armor using the Heavenly Thorn Spear and Heavenly Moon Shield.
• Hancock struck Saint Saturn with the spear, wounding his spider leg, then pressed her attack as her Ghost Qi armor began to fade.
• Saint Saturn blasted Hancock back with a shockwave and swept at her with his spider legs, but her shield deflected his attacks.
• Hancock appeared behind Saint Saturn, pierced his back and body, and drove him into the ground, leaving him bleeding in a crater.

Saint Saturn awakened the Ox-Demon Fruit and fought Hancock while Tom, Jerry, and Spike repeatedly intercepted his attacks. With time running out, an explosion distracted Saint Saturn long enough for Hancock to stab him with the Heavenly Thorn Spear and pin him to the ground from within.

• Saint Saturn used his awakened Black Flame and Fierce Eye against Hancock, while Jerry took a lethal gaze attack in her place.
• Hancock dodged Saint Saturn’s attacks and pierced one of his spider legs with the Heavenly Thorn Spear as Tom and Spike blocked his venom.
• Saint Saturn turned his Black Flame into a giant python, but Spike, Jerry, and Tom each sacrificed themselves to consume parts of it.
• Hancock searched for a killing opening as the time limit dwindled, but Saint Saturn avoided exposing a weakness.
• An explosion inside the Shadow Treasure Chest distracted Saint Saturn, allowing Hancock to stab him and expand the Heavenly Thorn Spear inside his body.

The Empress crippled Saint Saturn with a barbed spear before collapsing, and Tom and Jerry restrained him. Meanwhile, Whitebeard fought Kizaru, whose attacks revealed Whitebeard’s illness but failed to overcome him, leaving Kizaru wounded.

• The Empress’s Ghost Qi ran out after she drove a barbed spear through Saint Saturn, and Tom caught her as she fell unconscious.
• Saint Saturn raged helplessly until Tom slapped him and ordered Jerry to seal his mouth with tape.
• Kizaru recognized that Whitebeard’s illness had weakened him, but Whitebeard attacked with Murakumogiri and shattered Kizaru’s light bullets.
• Whitebeard’s vibrations sent towering waves across the battlefield, forcing Kizaru to escape with Yata no Kagami and sweeping up members of the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates.
• Kizaru created ten copies and attacked, but Whitebeard used Observation Haki and Sky Quake to scatter the copies and blast the real Kizaru away.
• Whitebeard struck Kizaru with a Tremor-Tremor-infused slash, tearing open his arm, while Saint Nashuro overwhelmed Doflamingo and the others elsewhere.

Kuina used her Observation Haki and Devil Fruit ability to pull a huge meteor down from space during the battle against Saint Nashuro. As the island's fighters fled and Lin Qi recognized her work, the meteor plunged toward Saint Nashuro.

• Tesoro flooded the land with golden liquid and rebuilt his Golden Giant, but Saint Nashuro split the sea of gold and shattered the giant with a sword strike.
• Doflamingo attacked Saint Nashuro with threads, but the attacks veered toward Tesoro, who warned Doflamingo that the enemy might be manipulating them.
• Saint Nashuro nearly killed Doflamingo, but Kuina used a repulsive force to shove him clear of the sword strike.
• Kuina locked onto a meteor with Observation Haki and used her Devil Fruit ability to pull it toward the island.
• The meteor descended in flames as the island's fighters and nearby ships retreated, while Lin Qi recognized Kuina's attack and praised her growth.

Saint Nashuro defeated Kuina, Gild Tesoro, and Doflamingo with his Slippery Ghost abilities, while Lin Qi captured Saori Palace and demanded that the World Government leave the West Sea. The chapter ended with Nashuro offering to trade Saori Palace for Tesoro and Doflamingo, despite Tesoro’s weak protest.

• Saint Nashuro shattered Kuina’s meteor attack and used his Slippery Ghost ability to confuse the group’s attacks and reposition the gold.
• Saint Nashuro stabbed Gild Tesoro and drained him, then used the same move to reduce Doflamingo to a desiccated corpse.
• Lin Qi knocked Saori Palace unconscious and emerged holding her, ordering everyone to stop fighting.
• Lin Qi demanded that Saint Nashuro leave the West Sea in exchange for Saori Palace.
• Saint Nashuro brought the barely living Tesoro and Doflamingo to his feet and proposed a trade, then knocked Tesoro unconscious when he protested.

Lin Qi exchanged Saori Palace for Saint Nashuro’s captive, then revealed to Kaido, Big Mom, and Saint Nashuro that the world’s restriction on growth had not stopped him from becoming extraordinarily powerful. The three pressed him for his method, but Lin Qi left them without an answer.

• Lin Qi blocked Saint Nashuro’s attempt to take Saori Palace back with his Devil Fruit ability and exchanged her for the captive.
• Moria revealed that Loki was still alive but had mistakenly pulled out Saint Boler, who had died.
• Big Mom and Kaido returned, refused Saint Nashuro’s offer to join the World Government, and demanded Lin Qi’s secret to growing stronger.
• Lin Qi explained that the world restricted people from getting stronger and demonstrated his rapid healing, saying he had not yet broken through the limit.
• Saint Nashuro asked how Lin Qi had become so powerful without breaking through, while Big Mom stared at him with desire.

Lin Qi told Kaido and Big Mom that his Candlelight Fruit could help him break the world's bottleneck and let powerful people surpass their limits. Saint Nashuro attacked him, but Kaido and Big Mom chose to protect Lin Qi, leaving Saint Nashuro to retreat with a grudge.

• Lin Qi explained that his Candlelight Fruit absorbed life essence into Essence Blood, and that growing his true form beyond five hundred meters could break the world's bottleneck.
• Kaido and Big Mom questioned Lin Qi's claim but recognized the chance it offered to overcome their own limits.
• Saint Nashuro decided Lin Qi was too dangerous to leave alive and attacked him with First Generation Kitetsu.
• Kaido blocked Saint Nashuro with Thunder Bagua, and Kaido, Big Mom, and Lin Qi drove him off with a combined counterattack.
• Kaido and Big Mom shielded Lin Qi, warning him not to deceive them, while Saint Nashuro vowed to remember the debt.

Saint Nashuro ended the World Government's retreating battle after Saint Boler's death, while Lin Qi's side held the battlefield. Kaido and Big Mom's forces suffered catastrophic losses, and Kaido asked for his petrified troops to be restored.

• Saint Nashuro pulled the Heavenly Thorn Spear from Saint Saturn and ordered the World Government forces to retreat after discovering Saint Boler was dead and the battle was lost.
• Saori Palace woke, transformed in anger while searching for Lin Qi, then backed down when she saw him and realized her gourd was missing.
• Saint Nashuro told Saori Palace that Saint Boler had died, and she vowed to avenge him before noticing her missing gourd.
• Kizaru covered the retreat with Lasers, and Lin Qi stopped his allies from pursuing the fleeing World Government forces.
• Lin Qi pointed out that Kaido and Big Mom's alliance had lost most of its 2.6 million pirates, and Kaido asked for the Empress to undo the petrification of his surviving Zoan troops.

Lin Qi ended the West Sea battle by persuading Kaido and Big Mom to stop fighting, then learned that Dragon had helped Gion and Enel repel the North Blue invaders. The armies began tending to the wounded as Lin Qi considered moving Amazon Lily to the West Sea, while Shanjī and Morgans remained baffled by the sudden ceasefire.

• Lin Qi agreed to have Hancock unseal the stone statues after she recovered, and Kaido withdrew his remaining troops.
• Lin Qi, Kaido, and Big Mom ordered their forces to stop fighting and clear the battlefield.
• Lin Qi considered moving Amazon Lily to the West Sea if the World Government stripped Hancock of her Shichibukai title.
• Gion told Lin Qi that Dragon, Sabo, and Koala had helped her and Enel repel the invading enemies before leaving.
• Gion relayed Dragon's message that their debts were settled, and Lin Qi reflected on his tangled history with the Revolutionary Army.
• Shanjī and Morgans watched from the sky, unable to understand why the World Government forces and the West Sea armies had suddenly stopped fighting.

After Lin Qi won the battle, Fish-Man Island celebrated while Whitebeard asked him to help his sons if they ever needed it. Lin Qi saved Doflamingo, Gild Tesoro, and Loki, but Moria secretly photographed them bathing together and planned to blackmail them.

• Morgans stopped Shanjī's broadcast and hurried away with photos of the battlefield.
• Fish-Man Island celebrated Lin Qi's victory, and Neptune struck the Third Prince for teasing Shyarly about visiting Lin Qi.
• Whitebeard refused treatment for his illness, asked Lin Qi to help his sons if he could, and then left the West Sea.
• Moria brought the dying Doflamingo, Gild Tesoro, and Loki to Lin Qi, who revived them in a bathtub with his blood.
• Moria photographed the three men bathing together and planned to demand one hundred million Berries from each of them.

After the West Sea Defense War, Lin Qi claimed four rewards, including a Mythical Zoan, 30 million Faith Points, a Dragon Forging Platform, and a Body Double Fruit. Kaido and Big Mom departed after a week, and Morgans released a flood of reports celebrating Lin Qi's victory and the World Government's latest defeat.

• Lin Qi claimed the final stage of his mission rewards and received the Spirit Maple Fruit, 30 million Faith Points, a Dragon Forging Platform, and a Body Double Fruit.
• Lin Qi recalled that he could not figure out how to operate the Devil Fruit-powered gourd he had taken from Saori Palace, so he stored it away.
• The Empress woke and helped the Beasts Pirates' Zoan Ability Users undo their petrification while the Pirate Alliance recovered in the West Sea.
• A week later, Kaido and Big Mom left the West Sea through Reverse Mountain, with Kaido urging Lin Qi to break through and Big Mom anticipating his breakthrough.
• After the Emperors departed, Morgans released a backlog of newspapers reporting Lin Qi's victory and the World Government's defeat.
• At Sabaody Archipelago, Rayleigh laughed at a newspaper headline calling Lin Qi the undefeated King of West Blue.

News of Lin Qi’s victory in West Blue spread across the seas as people reflected on the battle and its aftermath. After West Blue finished recovering the dead and wreckage, Lin Qi learned that the Big Mom Pirates had fallen and Whole Cake Island had been destroyed.

• Mermaid Kami traded newspapers with Rayleigh as people celebrated Lin Qi’s victory and mourned the casualties of the West Blue war.
• Yasopp remembered seeing Lin Qi’s Candlelight Divine Beast stop a sea tornado eleven years earlier and wondered whether Shanks had foreseen Lin Qi’s rise.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku noted Akainu’s operation had succeeded, while Garp celebrated that Lin Qi and Dragon had survived.
• Nami told Nojiko she would find trustworthy companions and sail one day to chart the world’s seas for Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi ordered West Blue’s forces to recover the bodies and clear the wreckage, and more than a month later most of the cleanup was complete.
• Lin Qi read that the Big Mom Pirates had fallen and Whole Cake Island had been destroyed; Big Mom returned to find its residents rescued and her home reduced to ruins.

After the Marines destroyed Whole Cake Island and captured Katakuri, Big Mom retaliated by wiping out eight Marine bases before the World Government negotiated Katakuri’s release. Once reunited with her son, Big Mom led her remaining followers away from Whole Cake Island, while Lin Qi checked his updated system panel in the West Sea.

• Big Mom learned that the Marines had attacked Whole Cake Island and captured Katakuri, then destroyed eight Marine bases and killed eighty thousand people in five days.
• Sengoku demanded that the World Government handle the consequences, and he received a call from Saint Saturn after sending his eighth letter that day.
• The World Government reached an agreement with Big Mom, and Katakuri was released from Impel Down the following morning.
• Katakuri returned to Whole Cake Island, apologized to Big Mom, and was reassured that she was proud of him.
• Big Mom recalled Lin Qi’s strength and the devastation of Whole Cake Island, then led the remaining Big Mom Pirates away.
• In the West Sea, Lin Qi viewed his system panel and checked his abilities and attributes.

Lin Qi oversaw postwar relief and led a memorial ceremony for those killed beneath Reverse Mountain. Three nights later, the West Sea celebrated its victory, where Moria devoured the ice cream and Enel tricked him into turning around.

• Lin Qi told Robin to double the pensions for fallen soldiers' families and asked about the Martyrs' Cemetery.
• Lin Qi pulled Robin into his study and slept with her while she was trying to return to work.
• Lin Qi toasted the dead and the victims of war at the Martyrs' Cemetery before leaving the rest of the ceremony to others.
• Three nights later, Lin Qi and officials celebrated the victory at an outdoor banquet as Robin and the female officials danced.
• Moria ate all the tubbed ice cream and asked for cones, then Enel pointed behind him and asked if he saw Lin Qi, making Moria turn around.

During the feast, Kuina shared her ambitions with Reiju while Moria indulged in secret photography. Moria tried to blackmail Doflamingo with an embarrassing photo of him, Tesoro, and Loki, leaving Doflamingo furious.

• Enel ate Moria's ice cream and denied it, so Moria swallowed his anger and ate more cones.
• Kuina trained her Observation Haki and told Reiju she dreamed of surpassing Hawk Eyes and helping Lin Qi overthrow the World Government.
• Reiju covered the sleeping Tashigi and Kujaku with blankets, then spoke with Kuina about their dreams.
• Moria took candid photos at the feast and showed Doflamingo a picture of him, Gild Tesoro, and Loki unconscious and naked in a bathtub.
• Moria demanded two billion Berries to keep the photo secret, and Doflamingo tried to seize it before furiously calling it fake.

Moria blackmailed Doflamingo with a compromising photo and took him into a grove for a private talk. Perona overheard fragments of their conversation and mistook the situation for a scandalous romance.

• Moria sent Perona to buy expensive wine and told her to put the cost, along with his old tabs, on Doflamingo’s account.
• Moria led Doflamingo into a grove, promising not to reveal his secret if he cooperated.
• Perona returned with the wine, heard Moria’s suggestive words, and imagined that he was pursuing Doflamingo.
• Perona overheard Moria mention photos of Doflamingo with Gild Tesoro and Loki, then imagined a dramatic love triangle and blackmail plot.

Perona overheard Moria blackmailing Doflamingo with secret photos, while Loki dragged Gild Tesoro into the woods after drinking. After Moria and Doflamingo agreed on a payment, Loki and Gild Tesoro emerged, having overheard them, and Moria turned his attention to the pair.

• Perona overheard Moria demanding money from Doflamingo in exchange for keeping secret photos from being revealed.
• Moria and Doflamingo haggled over the photos while Perona secretly listened and misunderstood what they meant.
• Loki dragged the drunken Gild Tesoro into the woods to compete at peeing on a tree.
• Loki and Gild Tesoro returned and hid in the bushes to listen to Moria and Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo reluctantly agreed to pay Moria two hundred million Berries, but Loki and Gild Tesoro emerged after hearing their names, and Moria welcomed the chance to extort them.

Moria’s blackmail attempt against Doflamingo, Tesoro, and Loki backfired, and they retaliated before the banquet ended. Lin Qi then prepared to move Amazon Lily and gave Hina and Robin two powerful Devil Fruits to replace their current ones.

• Moria threatened Loki, Tesoro, and Doflamingo with compromising photos, but Loki knocked him down and held him while Tesoro bound him.
• Doflamingo destroyed the photo, and the three men stripped and humiliated Moria before taking his camera and threatening him with his secret.
• After the three-day banquet, Lin Qi planned to move Amazon Lily to the West Sea and search for the Weather Sky Island to study Meteorological Technology.
• Lin Qi summoned Hina and Robin and offered them the Spirit Maple Fruit and the Body Double Fruit to replace their existing Devil Fruits.
• Robin and Hina accepted the fruits, with Hina receiving the Spirit Maple Fruit and Robin receiving the Body Double Fruit.

Robin tested the abilities she gained from the Body Double Fruit, which let her manifest a powerful demon body double and retain her Flower-Flower Fruit powers. She also revealed that the double could stop time, though the ability drained her stamina and barely affected Lin Qi.

• Robin summoned an eight-meter-tall demon body double and explained that it followed her thoughts and automatically protected her.
• Lin Qi discovered that injuries to the body double transferred to Robin and warned her to be careful.
• Robin used the Flower-Flower Fruit through thought alone, then demonstrated that her body double could stop time and steal the wine bottle from Lin Qi's hand.
• Robin explained that time stop lasted longer against weaker targets but consumed substantial stamina, and Lin Qi teased her for wanting to defeat him.

Hina revealed her Human-Beast Form and a limited ability to create a temporary clone, while Lin Qi later traveled to Amazon Lily to move the island to the West Sea. The Empress agreed enthusiastically, but Grandma Snake resisted and was carried away by her own side.

• Hina transformed into her Human-Beast Form and created one intelligent clone that could last up to twelve double-hours before reverting to wood.
• Lin Qi left the West Sea with Kuina, Tashigi, Emperor Tom, and Tom Cat, arriving above Amazon Lily through a window.
• Tom Cat sensed the Ghost Qi left by Amazon Lily's ancestors, and the island's residents warmly welcomed Lin Qi's group.
• Lin Qi warned the Empress that the World Government and Marines would eventually target Amazon Lily and urged her to move the island to the West Sea.
• The Empress agreed to go with Lin Qi and called Amazon Lily her dowry, while Grandma Snake objected.
• Marigold and Sandersonia covered Grandma Snake's mouth and carried her away to calm down.